Toward the end of the Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi arrogated all powers onto herself. This period, called the Guangxu Xuantong Reign, was China's darkest and most corrupt political period.

The empress had both an internal and an external ... In its early years, the Qing Dynasty had a tea kitchen (for tea with milk), a clear tea kitchen (for plain tea), and meal kitchens.

Empress Dowager Cixi was fleeing westwards ... Li Hongzhang signed unequal treaties towards the end of the Qing Dynasty. In his remaining years, he compared himself to a paperhanger and the Qing ...

According to a report by the South China Morning Post, the new package invites tourists to trek the gruelling routes taken by Qing dynasty prisoner ... historical drama Empress in the Palace ...

The Qing were the last dynasty close dynastyA series of rulers who are all from the same family. to rule China. Founded by the Manchus close ManchuThe Manchu are a people from northeast China.

The Qing dynasty lasted over 250 years. China had been ruled by emperors from other dynasties for over two thousand years. Why did this system suddenly collapse in 1911? This is one of the big ...

Han Hsiang Li's lush epic re-creates the fascinating life and times of Tzu Hsi, the Manchu Qing dynasty empress who rose from the ranks of Emperor Xianfeng's many concubines to become the de facto ...